Company Description
Syngenta Group is a $28B leading science-based agtech company, operating in more than 100 countries, with more than 50’000 employees. We are proud to stand at the forefront of the tech revolution in agriculture. Using the latest digital innovations, data, and cutting-edge technologies we want to transform the way that crops are managed and enable farmers and agronomists to enhance efficiency and sustainable food production.
Our business success reflects the quality and skill of our people. We recognize that human diversity is as important to our business as biodiversity. Embracing the unique perspectives and capabilities of our employees helps us continue to catalyze innovation, maximize performance, and create business value. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.
Job Description
As a P&S IT Solution Consultant - Direct Procurement, you will apply their deep understanding of the IT landscape in their domain and their knowledge of the business situation on the ground to deliver business value through implementing solutions to problems as well as developing designs for new business challenges.
Working within an agile squad approach, you will either lead or be part of the team that delivers IT solutions from start to finish; you will also be an IT integrator and problem solver and is known as the “go to” person by stakeholders for domain related challenges or questions.
You will apply architectural principles to the development of new solutions on all facets of architecture – technology, data, process, integration, and organizational impact.
Fit for purpose solutions cover both business needs that enable Syngenta to grow at scale as well as sustainable IT requirements.
You will translate the domain specific P&S strategic priorities into solution roadmaps, making use of appropriate business as well as IT stakeholders and translate their awareness of new technologies in the digital world to opportunities for their domain in P&S.
Your main accountabilities will be:
- Lead solution development and deliver change through Squads in own domain or participate in Squads for other domains.
- Apply the appropriate change methodology to Squad work.
- Apply deep Direct Procurement and Supplier data understanding as well as technical solution knowledge to problem identification and solving - and ensure solutions to problems are in alignment with Syngenta architectural principles.
- Contribute to priority setting by providing your insight of the situation in your area of Procurement to the discussion.
- Provide appropriate costing input to new solutions or change, taking into consideration both project as well as operations costs.
- Be the mediator of IT matters to your business stakeholders and vice versa.
- Bring in your expertise and work with the wider Procurement ‘Tribe’ members at large to develop visions and technology roadmaps for future Procurement needs.
Qualifications
We are highly people-focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves.
You will be a great fit if you have:
- Career experience as an IT expert working with Procurement (Direct Procurement, Sourcing and/or Indirect) functional business leaders and teams.
- Extensive career experience in envisioning, leading and delivering change projects, including the creation and ownership of their functional/solution design.
- University undergraduate and/or advanced degree in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Sciences, MBA, or other relevant educational experience.
- Demonstrated ability to create and sustain functional & IT blueprints / roadmaps.
- Demonstrated ability to simplify complex problems and situations and make big picture design / architecture connections.
- Demonstrated customer centric delivery and value outcome mindset.
- Excellent working knowledge of Procurement processes and systems. Specifically, ERP systems (e.g. SAP ECC/S4, Master Data Governance (MDG)), Procurement solutions such as Ariba and external Procurement data providers (e.g. for sustainability data).
- Supplier master data management, including data design, governance best practice.
- Reporting, analytics and automation experience that have enabled a more productive and insightful Procurement function.
- This role holder also should ideally be a curious student of business and functional operations, digitalization and its impact on the customer and internal workforce across the big picture and down to the fine detail.
- This role holder also needs to have a good balance of an innovator, detail orientation, analytical ability, pragmatism and P&L mindset, seeing IT as an enabler to drive profitable business outcomes and customer satisfaction.
Additional Information
WHAT WE OFFER
- A role which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment
- Flexible working arrangements and environment with an open culture and diverse workforce, a possibility of working from home
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- The opportunity to work with and learn from highly qualified and experienced employees
- A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity and offers numerous events throughout the year
- Learning culture and a wide range of development options, including access to learning platforms (Degreed, LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly)
- High quality office environment
Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal.
Learn more about our team and our mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCN_51GbNI
Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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